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* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Kipling's account of how the alphabet was made has the modern English Latin alphabet come into existence from the beginning, ignoring how it has evolved over time. Of course he was well aware of this and put in a cute explanation:
{{quote| "And after thousands and thousands and thousands of years, and after Hieroglyphics and Demotics, and Nilotics, and Cryptics, and Cufics, and Runics, and Dorics, and Ionics, and all sorts of other ricks and tricks (because the Woons, and the Neguses, and the Akhoonds, and the Repositories of Tradition would never leave a good thing alone when they saw it), the fine old easy, understandable Alphabet—A, B, C, D, E, and the rest of 'em—got back into its proper shape again for all Best Beloveds to learn when they are old enough."}}
* [[Malaproper]]: Most of the characters, and indeed the narrators; it's part of the
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: Small Porgies. He's large enough to eat all the food intended for all the other animals (excluding his brothers) on earth ''combined''. He's still the runt of his family, though.
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
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